M97 and M108
A complementary near-far juxtaposition. In the lower left is the relatively nearby ball of glowing gas known as M97 or the Owl Nebula, and at upper right is the much more distant spiral galaxy M108. Other even more distant galaxies appear in the same frame. The stars and the nebula are all in our Milky Way Galaxy a few thousand light-years away while M108, also known as NGC 3556 is at an astounding 32 million light-years away.
80 exposures, 6 minutes each, Explore Scientific ED102 102mm f/7 refractor, ZWO ASI294MC camera, dual narrow-band filter (Hα,[O III]), iOptron CEM25P mount, ASIAir controller. Processed in Astro Pixel Processor and Lightroom.
M97 and M108
A complementary near-far juxtaposition. In the lower left is the relatively nearby ball of glowing gas known as M97 or the Owl Nebula, and at upper right is the much more distant spiral galaxy M108. Other even more distant galaxies appear in the same frame. The stars and the nebula are all in our Milky Way Galaxy a few thousand light-years away while M108, also known as NGC 3556 is at an astounding 32 million light-years away.
80 exposures, 6 minutes each, Explore Scientific ED102 102mm f/7 refractor, ZWO ASI294MC camera, dual narrow-band filter (Hα,[O III]), iOptron CEM25P mount, ASIAir controller. Processed in Astro Pixel Processor and Lightroom.